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We are not currently looking for new work.
-## Black Forest Fire 2013 ##
-
-Our home which was the hosting site for gag.com fell victim to forest fire on
-or about 11 June 2013. Our house was very close to where the fire
-started, so we had very little warning and feel very lucky to have escaped
-with our lives, our pets, and a few of our most precious possessions. This was
-the second really significant forest fire in the Colorado Springs area in less
-than one year, and is the worst fire in Colorado history in terms of
-structure loss... the count of destroyed homes is over 500.
-
-###Helping###
-
-For those of you who have asked how you can help us restore and rebuild,
-thank you. We are working on several wishlists and a registry of items we
-need in the short term. Please watch this space as we will update the list
-of lists and the contents of the lists as we find more time to work on them.
-Here's what we have so far:
-
-* [Crate and Barrel Registry](http://www.crateandbarrel.com/Gift-Registry/Elizabeth-Garbee/r5059713) *COMPLETELY FULFILLED*
-* [Bed Bath & Beyond Registry](http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/regGiftRegistry.asp?wrn=-280550117&) *COMPLETELY FULFILLED*
-* [Amazon Wish List](http://amzn.com/w/2UTFPG4214HV4) *COMPLETELY FULFILLED*
-
-Many of the others in Black Forest who lost homes actually need help much
-more than
-we do. The [Pikes Peak Community Foundation](http://www.ppcf.org)
-has established an
-[emergency relief fund](http://www.ppcf.org/products/emergency-relief)
-that specifically benefits victims of this fire.
-
-If you'd rather send money to help us rebuild, PayPal transfers to
-bdale@gag.com may be the easiest way to do that.
-
-We are also deeply indebted to the three local fire departments that we know
-were directly fighting the fire on and around our property:
-
-* Black Forest Fire/Rescue, the
- department that serves us directly and were likely first on the
- scene.
-* Wescott Fire Protection District,
- an adjacent district whose personnel were fighting the fire literally
- along the edges of our driveway when we tried to drive out, and who
- ended up walking us out through the already-burned area to safety.
-* Falcon Fire Protection District,
- whose members showed us immense generosity in the days following the
- fire.
-
-### Journal ###
-* 2013 December 16
Got our "last" set of questions answered by our
- contractor, and signed the contract for constuction of our new house.
-* 2013 December 10
Met with contractor to review cost estimates for our
- revised plan. We're within budget now, so gave him the go-ahead to
- write up a contract!
-* 2013 November 25
Met with contractor and architect to deliver our
- proposed updates to the plan and discuss. We're actually happier
- with the revised design, they both seem to like what we proposed,
- and everyone is optimistic it will come in within budget.
-* 2013 November 18
Met with our contractor to discuss costs. Not too
- surprisingly in hindsight, what we designed would cost more to build
- than we are prepared to spend. Back to the drawing board, literally!
-* 2013 November 2
Met with our contractor to provide information he needs
- to put cost estimates together for us in parallel with waiting for
- structural engineering work to be completed.
-* 2013 October 21
After several iterations, we now have floor plans and
- elevations that accurately represent what we'd like to build.
-* 2013 September 19
First draft of main floor plan received from the
- architect we're working with.
-* 2013 August 16
Demoliton work completed. The remains of our house, shed,
- and greenhouse are now gone.
-* 2013 July 26
The remains of the two cars that burned were removed from
- our property and sold as scrap metal.
-* 2013 July 21
After a week spent interviewing contractors who might help us
- build a new house, we made a decision! We'll be working with Doug
- Strecker, dba Rampart
- Custom Homes. At his suggestion, we'll be using David Woody as
- the architect tasked with turning our sketches into working plans.
-* 2013 July 4
all web sites formerly hosted returned to normal
-* 2013 July 3
gag.com web presence returns to normal
-* 2013 June 28
gag.com mail service returns to normal
-* 2013 June 20
Intenet service connected in the apartment
-* 2013 June 18
First night sleeping in the apartment
-* 2013 June 17
Started populating the apartment, almost entirely with
- donated things. Initial registry links posted for things we could
- use immediately to re-establish ourselves in the apartment
-* 2013 June 15
Signed lease on 2-bedroom apartment in Colorado Springs.
-* 2013 June 11
House destroyed by forest fire
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